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loz@sussexcarz.com
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11th Aug 06 at 21:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right the paint work on the corsa was not up to the standard that i wanted so i finally got some time to full flat and polish it

unfortunatly no close up pics of the paint b4 i started but it was peely as fook with lots of inclusions and other problems.
so out came the sanding discs unfortunatly for me i didnt have a DA to use so i had to sand the whole car by hand
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And after 2 days of hard work sanding it came to the polishing and here is a sneak peek at the finished article :yahoo



im so pleased with it c&c welcome

ps-my custom rear bumper is also ready to go bk on the car which i will reveal to all soon
Paul H
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nice camera very shiny
Benn
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what are you flatting that back with?
as it look VERY VERY dull,
RKS
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what grade paper did you use? and did you mop the car after flatting like with g3? or just t-cut it? or not even t-cut and reglular polish,

I flatted my bonnet with some 1200 and tried to polish it up but it keeps going grey if I dont keep applying polish
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1500 dry, used a mop with g3,then menzerna polish,it still needs a little finishing off in the pics.

[Edited on 11-08-2006 by loz@sussexcarz.com]
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quote:
Originally posted by loz@sussexcarz.com
1500 dry, used a mop with g3,then menzerna polish,it still needs a little finishing off in the pics.

[Edited on 11-08-2006 by loz@sussexcarz.com]


just 1500?
christ,havent seen paint go that dull with just 1500,
looks good that,lovely and flat,blacks great with the shine,
Benn
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quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
what grade paper did you use? and did you mop the car after flatting like with g3? or just t-cut it? or not even t-cut and reglular polish,

I flatted my bonnet with some 1200 and tried to polish it up but it keeps going grey if I dont keep applying polish

somethings gone wrong there dude,
best to mop it with g3/g6


[Edited on 11-08-2006 by benn]
loz@sussexcarz.com
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the paint will go as dull as u want it to with the right amount of elbow greece
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11th Aug 06 at 22:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I need to do this, mine is dull as you like.
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i wouldnt of dry flatted it with 1500 as that can easily go through which will cause you so many problems and i dread to think how long that took you to mop the whole car!

good job though and just make sure u get all of the bits and you may need to mop it in about a week cause the flat bits do come back!
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What does this process do and how do i go about doing it .... if i got a shine like that on my car i would be shocked lol

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loz@sussexcarz.com
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11th Aug 06 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to mop the whole car took a day and in my experience dry sanding is safer than wet sanding but thats just from my past experience.
RKS
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12th Aug 06 at 06:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by benn
quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
what grade paper did you use? and did you mop the car after flatting like with g3? or just t-cut it? or not even t-cut and reglular polish,

I flatted my bonnet with some 1200 and tried to polish it up but it keeps going grey if I dont keep applying polish

somethings gone wrong there dude,
best to mop it with g3/g6


[Edited on 11-08-2006 by benn]


Problem is I think I just g3'd it with a rag rather then a mop as at the time i didnt have anything to put the mop in,
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12th Aug 06 at 08:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just in case anyones thing about it,
you shouldnt really flat and polish old paint,
it should only really be done to new paint,
and yeah to get the best finsh polish it with a mop

 
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